That’s so cool! Did you figure out the wiring yourself? Or is there a guide somewhere?
ErdenGeboren on
Please tell me you kept the payment requirement intact.
pkingdesign on
Bert?
hicksteruk on
2 questions
1: You did what?
2: To your what?
tomgreen99 on
Can you hear me now?
EmergencyAnteater682 on
That’s sick
cool_weed_dad on
My dad has an entire vintage phone booth hooked up and working in the basement. They were replacing them at his work in the 90’s and he somehow talked them into letting him keep one.
simagus on
A thing of beauty. Thank you for sharing.
JediLincoln14 on
You have a home phone?
noxantes on
Now you can answer your beeper 😭
TelecasterDisaster on
Having a home phone might be even more interesting.
mcknight92 on
naptown-hooly on
POTS
unhallowed1014 on
Pretty awesome use of dead tech
IceCoughy on
you’ll be over that loud ass ring real fast
Allenpoe30 on
Call 867-5309 and tell Jenny I said Hi and thanks for the good time.
KeefyNugs on
just use some paint markers to write graffiti and it’ll be pefect
Molbiodude on
Do you have to pay to make a call?
byndrsn on
What’s really mildly interesting is that you still have a home phone
Junior-Profession726 on
That is awesome!! What a great piece of working art for your place
pastelcosmique on
this is so cool but also feels oddly emotional 😭 I found an old payphone once that still worked and for some reason I actually used it… hearing that sound and holding the receiver felt so different, like I was stepping into someone else’s life for a minute. ever since then I’ve had this weird fascination with “older” ways of doing things, like they carry a kind of weight that modern stuff doesn’t anymore
TracerDX on
The only justifiable reason for having a landline in 2026.
smurfk on
But how do you keep it authentic? Do you have 20 strangers coming and spitting into the receptor every week or so?
thebrownsquare on
You have a home phone!? 🤯
dorkysomniloquist on
I’d say this is at least moderately interesting.
chris_croc on
Ultimate Mad Lad. Love it.
maybeinoregon on
Omg this is sweet!
So is it set up as a hard land line, or were you able to hijack your cell number?
I’ll never forget calling up AT&T to get rid of the land line, that back in the day, meant adulthood.
The lady says, ok we’ve deleted your account.
Poof. Just like that. No thanks for being a bazillion year customer, nothing.
maybepossiblyfrog on
my grandparents have one and i thought it was the coolest thing as a kid. they ended up disconnecting it though because they were getting so many spam calls and the ringer on the payphone was wayyy louder than their regular landline phone
RPrance on
Makes for a quick getaway if you need out of the matrix
mechandy on
I need to do this with my pay phone. Did you hook it up to a standard phone line or VOIP?
Tmbaladdin on
My wife will let me only if it’s in the garage lol
nameaboveallnames on
So this payphone has been rewired by me to bypass the original programming and end in an RJ-22 jack. I have removed the locks and money dropped in goes directly into the change return. I have it hooked up to the VOIP I use for my home phone.
Edit: since it keeps being mentioned. I’m also the one who cleaned and disinfected it lol
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How?
That’s so cool! Did you figure out the wiring yourself? Or is there a guide somewhere?
Please tell me you kept the payment requirement intact.
Bert?
2 questions
1: You did what?
2: To your what?
Can you hear me now?
That’s sick
My dad has an entire vintage phone booth hooked up and working in the basement. They were replacing them at his work in the 90’s and he somehow talked them into letting him keep one.
A thing of beauty. Thank you for sharing.
You have a home phone?
Now you can answer your beeper 😭
Having a home phone might be even more interesting.
POTS
Pretty awesome use of dead tech
you’ll be over that loud ass ring real fast
Call 867-5309 and tell Jenny I said Hi and thanks for the good time.
just use some paint markers to write graffiti and it’ll be pefect
Do you have to pay to make a call?
What’s really mildly interesting is that you still have a home phone
That is awesome!! What a great piece of working art for your place
this is so cool but also feels oddly emotional 😭 I found an old payphone once that still worked and for some reason I actually used it… hearing that sound and holding the receiver felt so different, like I was stepping into someone else’s life for a minute. ever since then I’ve had this weird fascination with “older” ways of doing things, like they carry a kind of weight that modern stuff doesn’t anymore
The only justifiable reason for having a landline in 2026.
But how do you keep it authentic? Do you have 20 strangers coming and spitting into the receptor every week or so?
You have a home phone!? 🤯
I’d say this is at least moderately interesting.
Ultimate Mad Lad. Love it.
Omg this is sweet!
So is it set up as a hard land line, or were you able to hijack your cell number?
I’ll never forget calling up AT&T to get rid of the land line, that back in the day, meant adulthood.
The lady says, ok we’ve deleted your account.
Poof. Just like that. No thanks for being a bazillion year customer, nothing.
my grandparents have one and i thought it was the coolest thing as a kid. they ended up disconnecting it though because they were getting so many spam calls and the ringer on the payphone was wayyy louder than their regular landline phone
Makes for a quick getaway if you need out of the matrix
I need to do this with my pay phone. Did you hook it up to a standard phone line or VOIP?
My wife will let me only if it’s in the garage lol
So this payphone has been rewired by me to bypass the original programming and end in an RJ-22 jack. I have removed the locks and money dropped in goes directly into the change return. I have it hooked up to the VOIP I use for my home phone.
Edit: since it keeps being mentioned. I’m also the one who cleaned and disinfected it lol
Wrong sub. More than mildly interesting.